Hay-rake attachment.



M. TURK.

HAY RAKE ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 17, I913.

1,136,565. Patented 111111201915. E IE I THE NORRIS PETERS C0,PHDTOLITHG.. WASHINGTON. D. C,

MAX TURK, OF HURON, SOUTH DAKOTA.

HAY-RAKE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

Application filed December 17, 1918. Serial No. 807,314.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX TURK, a citizen of the United States, residingat Huron, 1n the county of Beadle, State of South Dakota, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Rake Attachments; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in hay rakes and particularlyhorse hay rakes.

The principal object of the invention 1s to provide an attachment for ahay rake whlch will prevent the hay rolling out of either side of therake as it is drawn along, especially when going in the direction of thewind.

Another object is to provide a simple device of this character whichwill effectively accomplish the result desired, and which will assumenormal position when the hay has been dumped.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a top plan view of a hay rake having myinvention incorporated therewith. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of aportion of the hay rake. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectionalview on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a vertical transversesectional view on the line 44 Fig. 3.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents theframe of the hay rake on which is mounted the trans versely extendingbar 11 which carries the rake teeth 12. The ends of this bar 11 aresuitably journaled in the frame so that the bar can be rocked to liftthe rake teeth in the usual manner. Secured to the frame and extendingrearwardly between the rake teeth are the usual stripper bars or fingers13. Secured to certain of these fingers are the oppositely disposedplates 14, these plates being held together tightly to the fingers aboveand below by means of the bolts 15 and 16. Disposed between the lowerends of each pair of plates 14, and engaged on the bolt 16 is one end ofa resilient finger 17 which forms particular subject-matter of thisapplication. Below the point of attachment of the finger there areformed several coil turns 18, from the last one of which the fingerextends downwardly and rearwardly toward the spaces between the raketeeth 12. The rear end portion of the finger is bent to extend inapproximately a horizontal position, as clearly indicated at 19.

As the rake is drawn forward, the hay is gathered up by the points ofthe teeth. Some of the hay gets past the fingers 17, while the rest ofthe hay forces the fingers 17 upwardly as it accumulates. Thus the haypractically surrounds the fingers 17 and is prevented from rolling offto one side of the rake either by its own weight or by the wind. Whenthe hay is dumped, that is, when the rake teeth 12 are lifted the haywill fall to the ground thus relieving the pressure on the fingers 17and permitting them to spring back to the normal position by reason ofthe coil turns 18.

From the foregoing it will readily be seen that I have provided a simpledevice of this character, and one which can be readily applied to theordinary hay rake now on the market without any alteration theretowhatever.

What is claimed, is

In an attachment for a hay rake, the combination with the stationarystripper fingers of the rake, of clamps carried by certain of thestripper fingers, downwardly and rearwardly extending resilient hayholding fingers secured at one end to the said clamps and having coilturns adjacent the points of attachment thereof, and angularly bentterminals normally projecting between the teeth of the rake, saidfingers being adapted to spring rearwardly under the pressure of the hayand hold the hay from falling out at the sides of the rake.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

MAX TURK.

Witnesses:

F. T. TOBIN, W. A. LYNCH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

